Cwmorthin Car Park
Cwmorthin Car Park is a parking area in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Cwmorthin Car Park is situated nearby to Tanygrisiau railway station, as well as near the school Ysgol Gynradd Tanygrisiau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tanygrisiau railway station and Cwmorthin quarry.
Tanygrisiau railway station
Railway station
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Tanygrisiau railway station is a passenger station on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway The line was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea but official passenger services began in 1865. Tanygrisiau railway station is situated 1,600 feet south of Cwmorthin Car Park.
Cwmorthin quarry
Quarry
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Cwmorthin quarry was a slate quarry west of the village of Tanygrisiau, north Wales. Quarrying on the site started in 1810. In 1860 it was connected to the Ffestiniog Railway. Cwmorthin quarry is situated 2,000 feet north of Cwmorthin Car Park.
Wrysgan quarry
Quarry
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Wrysgan quarry was a slate quarry near the village of Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Festiniog, North Wales. It was worked intermittently from the 1830s, and was worked continuously from c.1850 until 1946. Wrysgan quarry is situated 1,900 feet west of Cwmorthin Car Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tanygrisiau and Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Tanygrisiau
Village
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Tanygrisiau is a village and area within Blaenau Ffestiniog in the upper end of the Vale of Ffestiniog in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It can be found along the southern side of the Moelwyn mountain range and dates to around 1750.
Blaenau Ffestiniog
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Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in Wales. Blaenau Ffestiniog is a former slate-mining village and consists of one main road with all the others leading off it. Many visitors come to ride the historic narrow-gauge railway.
Cwmorthin Car Park
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: surface
- Category: transportation
- Location: Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.98997° or 52° 59′ 24″ northLongitude
-3.96342° or 3° 57′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C4RX2QP+XJOpenStreetMap ID
way 367491260OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surface
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Highlights include Ysgol Gynradd Tanygrisiau and Mine Entrance.
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